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Monitor, Belmont, MC Stock w/note to DO Mills [130974]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:80.00 USD Estimated At:160.00 - 300.00 USD
Monitor, Belmont, MC Stock w/note to DO Mills  [130974]
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Number 777 for 50 shares to E. A. Richardson, trustee. Signed by M. W. Hopkins as secretary and Oliver Eldridge as president. Dateline San Francisco 1875. Incorporated in May of 1872. Location of mines Philadelphia District, Nye County, Nevada. Gilt border. Crocker print. Cut unevenly. Wrinkles. Includes a piece of paper dated May 5, 1875, to D. O. Mills, President of the Bank of California asking: Enclosed please find 1000 shares Monitor Belmont Stock please sell before 17 inst. as at that date it is delinquent and oblige. The Monitor Belmont was one of the largest producers in this district and aggressively traded throughout 1874 in the San Francisco Exchange. The first silver discoveries in the Philadelphia district (Belmont) were made by an Indian in 1865. The following year brought miners from Austin, Ione, and other mining camps to the newly created Belmont and a ten-stamp mill was built. Three pages of historical background on the mine is included. State:Nevada City:Belmont, Nye Co. Date:1875 Provenance: Joe Elcano Nevada Mining Stock Collection